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No. 491. 




News from Home. 



(COMEDY SKETCH. 



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EXITS, RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS 
ON THE STAGE, DESCRIPTION OF COSTUMES AND 
THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS; CARE- 
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294 Arthur Eustace, 25c 10 3 

1S4 After Ten Years 7 5 

125 Auld Robin Gray, 25c 12 3 

318 Adventuress, The 8 6 

350 By Force of Love 8 3 

113 Bill Detrick 6 3 

226 Brae, the Poor House Girl 4 4 

321 Broken Links 8 4 

272 Beyond Pardon 6 4 

ICO Conn; or Love's Victory.. 9 3 

2:8 Clearing the Mists 5 3 

310 Claim Ninety-six (96) 25c. 8 5 

234 Commercial Drummer, The 5 8 

'373 Cricket on the Hearth, The 6 6 

212 Dutch Recruit, The, 25c.. 14 3 

161 Dora 5 2 

eo Driven to the Wall 10 3 

342 Defending the Flag, 25c.. 11 3 

3C3 Daisy Garland's Fortune, 

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152 Driven from Home 6 4 

279 Dutch Jake 4 3 

173 East Lynne 8 6 

143 EmigrSint's Daughter 8 3 

67 False Friend, The 6 1 

97 Fatal Blow, The 6 1 

119 Forty-Niners, The 10 4 

162 Fielding Manor 9 6 

385 Freeman Mill Strike, The. 7 1 

176 Factory Girl 6 3 

255 Gertie's Vindication 3 3 

300 Grandmother Hildebrand's 

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Sll Gyp, The Heiress, 25c 5 4 

304 General Manager, The 5 5 

93 Gentleman in Black, .The. . 8 4 

390 Handy Andy 10 3 

233 Haunted hy a Shadow 6 2 

314 Haunted Mill, The 5 4 

117 Hal Hazard, 25c 7 3 

386 Hazel Adams 5 3 

374 Hearts of Gold 5 3 

141 Hidden Treasures 3 3 

191 Hidden Hand 15 7 

362, Jc«h Winchester, 25c 5 3 

40a \jc^, the Waif, 25c 5 3 

337 /Xathleen Mavourneen 12 4 

194* Lights and Shadows of the 

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3 Lady of Lyons. 12 5 

9 Lady Audley's Secret 6 4 

136 Legal Holiday 5 2 

330 Little Goldie, 25c 11 3 

387 Little Heroine 8 2 

417 Little Wife, The 6 3 

99 Life's Revenge 11 4 

261 Lost in London 6 4 

227 Maud's Peril 5 3 

410 Mechanic's Reprieve, The. 8 3 

335 Miller's Daughter, 25c 7 6 

211 Midnight Mistake 6 2 



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163 Miriam's Crime 5 2 

34 Mistletoe Bough 7 3 

229 Mountebanks, The 6 2 

248 Mrs. Willis' Will 5 

277 Musical Captain, The, 26c. 15 2 

355 My Pard, 25c 6 5 

112 New Magdalen, The 6 3 

298 New York Book Agent 7 2 

237 Not Such a Fool as He 

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408 Noel Corson's Oath 6 3 

196 Oath Bound 4 2 

223 Old Honesty 5 2 

81 Old Phil's Birthday 5 2 

331 Old Wayside Inn, The 9 6 

405 Old Glory in Cuba, 25c 8 3 

333 Our Kittie 6 3 

85 Outcast's Wife 12 3 

83 Out on the World 5 4 

347 Our Country Aunt 4 

146 Our Awful Aunt 4 4 

419 Our Jack 7 3 

278 Penn Hapgood 10 3 

301 Peleg and Peter, 25c 4 2 

280 Pheelim O'Rookes' Curse. . 8 3 

5 Phylis, the Beggar Girl... 6 3 

322 Raw Recruit, The 6 0> 

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71 Reward of Crime, The 5 3 

45 Rock Allen 5 4 

275 Simple Silas 6 3 

409 Southern Rose, A 10 5 

79 Spy of Atlanta, 25c 14 4 

336 Squire's Daughter, The... 5 3 

S72 Sunli-ht, 25c 10 3 

266 Sweetbriar 11 5 

364 Trixie 6 3 

369 Taggs, the Waif, 25c 6 4 

105 Through Snow and Sun- 
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201 Ticket of Leave Man 9 3 

293 Tom Blossom 8 4 

193 Toodles 4 2 

200 Uncle Tom's Cabin IS 7 

396 Uncle Jed's Fidelity 7 3 

415 Under the American Flag 

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290 Wild Mab 5 3 

41 Won at Last 7 3 

192 Zion 7 4 

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75 Adrift 6 4 

391 Among the Moonshiners.. 7 2 

73 At Last 7 1 

187 Aunt Dinah's Pledge 6 3 

254 Dot; the Miner's Daughter 9 5 

202 Drunkard, The 13 5 

185 Drunkard's Warning 6 3 

189 Drunkard's Doom 15 5 

181 Fifteen Years of a Drunk- 
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>-Ne ws from Home.4^ 

COAL IIDY SKiilTCII. 

IN ONE SCENE. 
—BY— 

William and Josephine Giles. 



——TO WHICH IS ADDFD— - 

A DKSCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARAC- 
TERS—ENTRANCES AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS 
OF THE PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE 
WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1917 by 

W. //. AMh'.S. 
in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washingtort 



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AMES^ PUELTSHING OO. 

CLYDE, OHIO. 



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NEWS FROM HOME. /^ ^^ 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. \ 

Rube Perkins Farmer* 

Mrs. Brown Society lady. 



TIME OF PLAYING-^TEN MINUTES 




STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
R.. means Right; l.. Left; r. h., Rieht Hf«««a; ;. n.. Left Hand; c. Cen- 
tre; s. E., [2d E.,] Second Entrance, u. c, Uppcj Entrance; M. d., Middle 
Door; f., the Flat; d. f. Door in Flat; r. c, Right of Centre; l. c. Left of 
Centre. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

''^^* The reader is supposed to beupon the Stage, facing the audience, 

OCI.D 48250 



NOV -5 1317 



NEWS FROM HOME 

SCENE — Street — Enter, Mrs. Brown, l. e.. with suite case, dressed 

for traoeling. 

Mrs. Broy/n. I wonder why John did not -meet me at the station? 
1 wrdte him I was coming, and for him to be sure to meet me. (looks 
off R.) Oh! here comes Rube Perkins, I'll get all the news now. 

Enter, Rube Perkins, r. e., hands in his pockets, whistling. 

Rube Perkins, (surfyrised) Why, how do you do. Mrs. Brown. 
(holds out hand to shake hands — Mrs. Brown raises her hand in so- 
ciety style — Rube, looking for her hand, does not see it, then gives it 
up.) But by the way. Mrs. Brown — 

(sees her hand, laughs, then shakes hands with her 

Mrs. Brown. How do you do Rube, how are all the folks? 

Rube. Oh! they are all well thank you, except Ma, she fell the 
other day and hurt herself on the back porch, and Pap, he fell off the 
the straw stack and knocked his back tooth out. Aunt Jane's got the 
rhumatism betweeji her shoulders and our old Tom cat got run over 
with one of them darn automobiles; excepting that, we're all pretty 
tolerable well. But where have you been all this time, Mrs. Brown? 

Mrs. Brown. Oh, I have been to New York. 

Rube. New York? 

Mrs. Brown. Yes. I have been in New York the most of my time. 

Rube. Wal. who's running the hotel there now? 

Mrs. Brown, (laughs) I am glad to hear that you are all well and 
getting along so nice, but is there anything new ? Has anything new 
happened since I went away ? 

Rube. No, Mrs. Brown, nothing new, I don't know of a thing new 
since you went away, oh yes, they have been talking of moving the 
creek over on the other side of the track so Bill Jones will not have 
to take his old red cow cross the track for water, and Zeke Warden 
married one of Haines" two gals, the one that walked pigeon toed and 
used snuff. Si. Sprout's boy, the one that chawed tobacco, got mar- 
ried, yes, he married Bill Waddle's sister, the one that is red headed 
and only has one tooth. Hank Wilson's got another gal. Widow 
Gordon's got twin calf's. Red Hudson was elected town marshal and 
UncleTom's Cabin was in town last week. I took Sally Sprout home 
from spelling bee the other night. Oh ! Sally is some gal, Mrs. Brown. 

Mrs. Brown. Yes, Rube, Sally is a nice girl. 



4 NEWS FROM HOME, 

Rube, ril say she is. 

Mrs. Brown. Is that all the news? 

Rube. Wal, Mrs. Brown, that's jist all about I know. Oh, yes. Si. 
Little took the widow Morgan home from prayer meeting last night. 
They took in.nineteen cents in the collection box last Sunday at church. 
Old Jim Lewis's wife fell and cracked her back door-step the other 
day. 

Mrs. Brown. Well, that's too bad. 

Rube. Yes, and Pap's got another calf. Old Ben Dolittle moved 
in Squire Stewart's house over on the ridge above the old watering 
trough. Oh, yes, you knowed Nobles, old John Noble that lived jist 
on the other side of Wardons, on tiie Sproutville road? 

Mrs. Brown. Yes, I knew the Nobles. 

Rube. Wal, John's son Pete, that married Jane Stump — did you 
know Jane? Old Ep. Stump's oldest gal? 

Mrs. BroLon. (Irys to remember) I don't remember whether I 
knew the Stumps or not. 

Rube. You know they used to Hve over by the old bear run school 
house? Jane used to go to all the spelling bees, but anyhow, Pete 
Noble, John's son, married Jane — you knowed Pete didn't you? 

Mrs. Brown. Yes, 1 knew Pete well. 

Rube. Wal, Pete lost Jane. 

Mrs. Brown. You don't mean to tell me that Pete Noble lost his 
wife ? 

Rube. Yes, Pete lost his wife. 

Mrs. Brown. Why that's terrible, it must have been hard for Pete 
to loose his wife. 

Rube. Yes, indeed it was, I seen Pete a few days after, and he told 
me it was almost impossible. 

Mrs. Brown. But Rube, why did Mrs. Dolittle move in Stewart's 
house, did they sell their place? 

Rube, {surprised) Didn't you know their house burnt down? 

Mrs. Brown. Why no Rube, did their house burn down ? 

Rube. Yes, Oh yes, their house burnt. 

Mrs. Bown. Why Rube, how did it come to burn down? 

Rube. From sparks. 

Mrs. Broton. Sparks! What sparks? 

Rube. Sparks from the paper mill. 

Mrs. prown. Paper mill ? 

Rube. Oh yes, I forget to tell you, the paper mill burnt down. 

Mrs. Brown. Oh ! Rube, you don't mean to tell me the paper mill 
burned down ? 

Rube. Yes Mrs. Brown, it burnt down. 

Mrs. Brown. Why how did the paper mill ever come to burn down ? 

Rube. It caught from the hotel. 

Mrs. Brown. Caught from the hotel? 

Rube. Yes, you see when the hotel burned down it caught the mill 
dftre. 

Mrs. Brown. And the hotel burned too? 

Rube. Yes, you see the whole durned street burned down. 

Mrs. Brown. You say the whole street burned, how did it ever 
happen ? What started it ? 

Rube. It caught from the town hall.* 

Mrs. Bfou;n. Town hall? 



NEWS FROM HOME. 5 

Rube. Yes, the town hall burned down too. 

Mrs. Brown. Why Rube, how in the world did it ever catch fire? 

Rube. From your barn. 

Mrs. Brown. From our barn ? You don't mean to tell me our barn 
burned down ? 

Rube. Yes, it burned too. 

Mrs. Brown. Why Rube, what are you saying — our barn burned 
down — why, how did it come to burn? 

Rube. It caught fire from your house. 

Mrs. Brown. From our house? 

Rube. Yes, you see when your house burned down, it caught fire 
to the barn. 

Mrs. Browrt. Our house burned down! Oh! how did it ever come 
to burn ? 

Rube. It caught from the lace curtains. 

Mrs Brown. Caught from the lace curtains? 

Rube. Yes, you see the curtains caught fire and set the house afire. 

Mrs. Brown. How did the curtains ever come to get afire ? 

Rube. They caught from the candles. 

Mrs. Brown. From the candles! What candles? 

Rube. Candles beside the corpse. 

Mrs. Brown. Corpse! What corpse? 

Rube. Your mother-in-law. 

Mrs. Brou;n. You don't mean to tell me my mother-in-law is dead ? 

Rube. Yes, she's dead. 

Mrs. Brown. Why Rube, what caused her death? 

Rube. A shock. 

Mrs. Brown. A shock ! What shock? 

Rube. When your husband ran away with a show gal. 

Mrs. Brown, (pacing stage) Oh ! this is too much ! niy husband 
running away with a show girl. 

Rube. Yes, John, your husband, eloped with the gal that played 
little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin here last week and the shock killed 
your mother-in-law and that started the fire, so I guess that's about 
all 1 know. (Mrs. Brown weefys) Oh ! yes, (takes key from his 
pocket and hands it to Mrs. Brown) Here is the key to your house, 
it's all thnt was left. (Mrs. Brown faints in Rum:'s arms — Rubl with 
a comical expression) Some fire believe me, gol ding it! 

CURTAIN. 

' THE END. 

Pla^ js tliat will (J-ive Satisfaction. . 



Stub; or the Fool from Boston. Farce-coinedy in 4 acts. 8 male. 3 female char- 
acters. Good villain, leading man and lady. Thrilling situations. The Fool is 
immense. Stage setting easy. Time, 1 hour, 30 minutes. Price 25cts. 

Trixie; or the Wizard of Fog Island. Drama in 3 acts, 6 male, 3 female charac- 
ters. Time, 1 hoLjr 30 minutes. Good leading lady, two old men. good Dutch- 
man and Negro. Price IScts. 

Hal Hazard. Military drama in 4 acts. 7 male. 3 female characters. Time, 2 
hours. Scciic IS laid during the war of Rebellion, at the time of "Shermans 
March Iq the bca. Good for any occasion and takes well, Price 2Scts. 



Pair of CountFy Kids. 



▲ Comedy-drHma in four acts, by J. Ho-ward Bauman. for 6 mal* 
and 3 female character^. Time of playing, 2 hourg. 



Price 25c per eopj* 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 



ACT I. — Home of Ezra Simpson— Meliuda waiting: for Ezra to pop 
—A bit of good fortune — Ezra lacks courage to propose — Trixie. the 
waif from tiie poor-house, arrives and interrupts a proposal — "Do { 
get a job Squire?" — "One thing is certain, Ezra Simpson never 
turned a himgery person from his door. " — Melinda disgusted — "Why 
didn't the Lord keep her in the poor-hoiise just a little longer?" — 
Richard Mannering searching for his dead brother's children — The 
locket — A story and Ricliard's discovery — A proposal of marriaire 
anil it's refusal — Jack Sharpe disguised as a tramp, makes an enemy 
—"Sis, a man who threatens a lady is a coward." — "VVl)y doe« 
Richard want to marry this simple country girl?" — Suspicions 
aroused — Trixie makes the acquaintance of Hi Haskins- Hi looses 
a part of his wardrobe — I'he "Country Kids" Hnd a cider jug and 
imbibe a little too freely of lis contents — Richard robs Squire Simp- 
ion and plans that Alice shall be accused of the theft — Alice 
driven from home. 

ACT II. — Boston — Tug and Chub, as tough as they make them — 
Planning the abduction of Alice — Trixie disguised as a newsboy, 
eearching for Alice — Ezra arrives in the city and is buncoed by Tug 
and Chub — "I feel certain that Alice Simpson is Guy Mannering's 
child." — HI shows that he is jealous of Jack'— Mannering throws 
Trixie from wharf, and she is rescued by Hi — "Never tonohed me." — 

ACT HI. — Boston— Trixie plays a joke on Squire Simpson — Alice 
is abducted by Richard,, who tries to force her to marry him, but is 
foiled by Jack, who is disguised as a minister — The fight, in which 
Richard sets fire to the building — Hi to the rescue. 

ACT IV. — Home of Squire Simpson -The Squire finally proposes 
to Melinda and is accepted — Hi and Trixie in love, but the Squire 
thinks they are too young to be married— Richard discovers where 
Squire Simpson has concealed his money and plots to uei it — Home- 
coming of Jack and Alice— Squire and Hi boili jt'.i.lous — "Expect 
one be a plenty"^The letter lost by Richjird MaiiinM-iiig which 
proves that Alice and Trixie ar»» th» daughiprs of (liuv Mannering — 
Richard tries to escape Irom house with thf Squire's money but Hi. 
who discovers him, rescues the satchel containing the money and 
111] ends liappily — "Never t(»ucheU cqe.. " 



A Receipt fop $10,000 

Dollars. 



A •omedy drama in 4 acts and 4 scenes, by Wm. F. Cattell, 

for 5 male and 3 female characters. Costumes 

modej'n. Time of playing 2 hours and 

15 minutes. 



SYNOPSIS OF EYENT8. 

ACT I. — Office of Georsre Spencer— Wiggins and Polly— Arrival of 
Spencer — The tronblesonie kissing bug — "I never loved anything but 
money" — Hragdon — The $10,000 dollar receipt — "You cannot prove 
It" — Amy and Spencer — The refusal — Harry Spencer after money — 
Wigginsshows Polly the knockout blow — Granny Gilbert's discovery 
— "I haven't heard that name in twenty years" — The conspiracy — 
Spencer worried — Amy accused of theft — "You placed it in her 
basket, I took it out." 

ACT n.— Wijfgins and Polly— The short end of a dark horse— The 
future Mrs. Wijigins — Ikey, the Jew, and Granny Gilbert — "What 
did you do with James Spencer's child?" — Spencer threatens to dis- 
grace Amy — The plot— Spencer meets Ikey Cohen, who makes some 
startling disclosures and joins the plotters — Hurry makes a proposal 
to Amy — "Vou love this beggar, John Bragdon?" — Amy abducted — 
"Let that woman go, she is your brother's child" — "Oh! such a busi- 
ness, such a business!" 

ACT III. — Wiggins and Polly, who are hunting for Amy, overhear 
a little of the plot — Ikey refuses to steal another woman — "Oh! such 
a business, such a business!" — Arrival of Bragdon — The interview — 
"Granny Gilbert was the nurse of my brother's child" — Spencer ac- 
cuses Granny of abducting Amy, but is not believed by Bragdon — 
Wiggins and Polly trying to find the way out— Spencer tries a little 
bribing — "You will never leave thjs room alive" — Wiggins to the 
rescue — "The game is not yet won, George Spencer." 

ACT IV. — Kitchen of the old house on the Meadow — Harry enga- 
ges an old woman to take charge of Amy — Wiggins and Polly gain 
an entrance, but leave suddenly -Granny identifies Amy — "You are 
the child of George Spencer's brother— The introduction— "We are 
three of a kind" — Harry finds an old will, which he arives to his 
father, but which Ikey manages to get hold of— "Give that woman 
her rigttts"— Ikey interferes — "Help! help! my God, he will kill me" 
— Granny — Spencer shoots Harry by mistake — "Thank heaven! you 
have come at last" — "I have played the gjime and lost" — Death of 
George l^pencer— " Your Receipt is worth $10,000 dollars"- The, fnd. 

Price 26cts. 



Thie Wirinimg Flarid; 

—OR— 

"Ttie Imiposter. 



A Drama in 4 acts, by Geo. B. Myles, for 6 male and 2 female 
characters. Time. 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS, 

ACT I. — Landscape scene — Jerry, as man of all work — Kilty and 
Jerry — The secret — Two women to humbug one man — "Sure they'll 
make him crazy entirely" — Jerry in love with Kitty, she receivet 
his proposal with the broom — Ida and Kitty — "It will break my heart 
to marry that man" — Jerry's soliloquy — The Chinese cook — "Shure 
he's a sight wid his shirt outside his pants" — Jerry and One Lung— 
"I'll accept me pig tail brother as a friend" — Mr. Dick's, arrival and 
reception by One Lung — Ida acquaints Dick with her father's com- 
mand that she shall marry Mr. Grimes — "I'll find some way to de- 
feat their design" — Dick and Ida discovered by Mr. Barnard — "I love 
your daughter" — My daughter shall never marry a penniless lawyer" 
— "Go! and never darken my doors again" — "Farewell my love" 

ACT 11,-^ Arrival of Harry Grimes, (the imposter) — Mr. Barnard 
reminded of the promise made by Harry's father — Mr. Barnard tells 
Grimes of the attachment between Ida and Dick Stonestreet — Grimes 
startled at the name — "My plans are well laid and must succeed, for 
which I have steeped my hands in blood to obtain" — Jerry's opinion 
of Grimes — Grimes partake's of the govenor's brandy — The insult to 
Kitty — Jerry teaches Grimes a lesson — "No gentleman would insult 
a dacent girl" — Kitty gives Jerry a little incouragement — "Dcm't dis- 
pair, Jerry" — Jerry and One Lung— Grimes looses a paper, which One 
Lung finds and gives to Jerry — A reward of $500 for the arrest of Luke 
Blackburn — Jerry takes letter to Mr. Dick — One Lung, in trying to 
help Jerry's cause, makes Kitty jealous — Dick and Jerry — Dick in- 
forms Ida of the contents of the paper and suspicion of Detective 
Hasting — Departure of Dick for Montana — Meeting of Grimes and 
Dick, the insult — "Your game seems a sure one, Grimes, but I shall 
hold the Winning Hand." 

ACT III. — One Lung and Jerry — The Mortgage — Kitty accepts Jerry 
—A devil of a pinch — Mr. Barnard and Ida — "You shall marry Harry 
Grimes in two weeks from to-day" — The letter in cipher — Ida and 
Grimes — "By heaven! you shall marry me, or you and your father 
will be beggers." 

ACT IV. — Jerry and Kitty — One Lung discharged — Dick's letter — 
"I am detained by a wrecked train" — "Jerry, take the fleetest horse 
and go for Dick-delay one hour and I am lost" — I'll bring him if it 
cost rrie my life" — Mr. Barnard and Grimes — The hour of the mar- 
riage — Arrival of Dick — "I forbid this marriage" — Arrest of Harry 
Grimes, alias Luke Blackburn, the murderer of the real Harry Grimes 
— Happy ending and success of "The Winning Hand." rrlce 15rls. 



The Atiioh' l^ii])lisliing Co., Clyde, Ohio, 



BEYOND PARDON; 

— OR— 

The Coiantess of Lynn. 

A 1 Emotional Drama in 5 acts, by William L. Beck, fot 7 male an^Q 
female and 2 children. Characters can be doubled so as to ploy 
6 males, 4 females and 2 children. Scenery easily arranged. 
Costumes modern and characters excellent. Interesting 
from beginning to end. appealing strongly to the sym- 
pathies of all. Price 15 cents. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS, 

ACT I. — London, Eng. — The Duchess* ball — Vivian, Countess of 
Lynn — Arrival of Sir Lionel Rydal — A strong faci nation — An intro- 
duction — The dance — Gossip and scandal — Lady Gay's dismay and 
rage — The Oath of friendship. 

ACT II. — Bridget's idea regarding "domestics" felicity — Bliss dis- 
turbed — "I'll lave in the mornin'" — Lord Lynn — The lost locket — 
Embarrassment of the Countess — Lady Gay's visit — The news of 
London — Sent for a drive — Sir Lionel calls — Luncheon for two — Lord 
Lynn's return — A jealous husband — Storm ahead — Parting of Sir 
Lionel and the Countess — A close observer — Confronted — The Coun- 
tess' dismay — The quarrel — "You love this man?" — "Yes" — The first 
and last blow. 

ACT III. — Scene 1. — Dunwold. near London — Eleanor and Rose — 
The smoking cap and jacket — Gordon and Blossom — A letter scented 
with violets — Sir Lionel must return to London at once "on busi- 
ness" — "I shall return tomorrow" — The departure — Scene 2 — The 
Countess in suspense — Sir Lionel arrives — Countess tells him why 
she has left Lord Lynn — Sir Lionel reasons with her — "You must re- 
turn home Vivian, indeed you must" — The projected elopement — 
Another good man gone wrong — "Dearer than my hopes of Heaven" 
— Scene 3. — An anxious wife — Squire and Mrs. Gordon — Toys for the 
children — Old times — "Men are all cut from the same pattern and 
one's just as bad as the other" — The fatal letter — The Squire's oath — 
1 cannot forget that he is my husband, the father of my children. I 
forgive him. I forgive him." 

ACT IV. — Sea-shore at Calais. France — Waiting for the train — My 
wife and children — Consternation of the Countess— rThe confession — 
The truth at last — A broken heart — His discription of Eleanor and 
the children — Words of torture — "Childish hands push me from you. 
Farewell" — Flight of the Countess — A desolate beach at Calais — 
"Alone in the world at last." 

ACT V. — Caen, France — A deserted wife — Sister Marie — The 
Squire's proposition — Rose tells Marie that Sir Lionel is expected 
home any minute — Terror of Sister Marie — "I must away-away be- 
fore he comes" — Failing fast — "My God! Must hedietoo!" — A stranger 
— The familiar voice — The recognition — "Farewell, forever !" — Depart- 
ure of Marie — Eleanor's joy at Sir Lionel's return — The dying sister — 
"I am that unhappy woman. In Heaven's name say that you fbr- 
give m#-!" — Pardon and death of Vivian. Countess of Lynn. 



The Country Squire. 



A Gomedy-drarna in four acts, by J. Howard Bauman, for 9 male 

(uaii double to 8 male) and 4 female characters. Time ol 

playing 2 hours and 30 minutes. 



arj^opsis OF events. ' 

ACT I.— Home of Squire Gray — Alice and Cynthia— The mortgage 
— "You know the Squire don't care so very much for me" — "Daddy 
is so baclcward" — Arrival of Sally with her lunch — Cynthia disgusted 
— "Why, I have never been married" — Squire Gray — Sally finds a 
home — "Good-bye old lady; call again" — The Squires' soliloquy — 
Antiiony Ross, the oil agent — A proposition and the acceptance — 
"Whoopee! Ten thousand in clear cash" — Cyntliia cannot under- 
stand Squire Gray's peculiar actions — "He seems so bashful" — A 
long delayed proposal — Ben, Alice and .lack — "The price of my 
silence is a good squaremeal"— John Tarbarrow, the miser — "Leave 
my house before 1 strike you down" — A threat — Jack takes a luind 
■ — "John Tarbarrow nothing but your gray hair keeps me from 
breaking this cane over your miserable head." 

ACT IL — John Tarbarrow's store — Barney— "Faitli» it's devilish 
slow your hurry seems to be" — Solomon Isaac, the peddler — "Uaddy 
fears'the mortgage will be* foreclosed" — "Sure, an' it is a wise mon 
ye are, Mr. Tarbarrow"— Barney takes a snooze— Tarbarrow plots 
revenge on Ben — Barney is taken in charge by his wife, Bridget- 
Cider proves a little too strong for Sally — "We ain't got no use for 
tramps here"— Squire Gray takes a picture of Cynthia — Treachery- 
John Tarbarrow accuses Ben of theft — Money found in Ben's pocket 
— "So you are a thief, Ben Carlton; he, he, he!" — ^"You will stand 
where 1 now stand, John Tarbarrow, under the shadow of a crime." 

ACT 111. — Oil well on Squire Gray's farm — *'Curse you, Ben Carl- 
ton" — "It will all depend upon us striking oil in the next half hour" 
— Alice and John — More threats— Sally and the cider — "You have 
had too much cider for once in your life" — Jack's story— Cynthia 
means to see the business through to the end" — Bridget McG,uire-- 
John Tarbarrow attempts to foreclose mortgage, but is prevented by 
oil drillers — "Knock down the first man who attempts to climb that 
fence" — Sally apiSears with a can of nitro-glycerine and holdsSheritf 
and men at bay — "Get back, or I will blow you all to smithereens" 
— "Hurrah!" oil flows— The mortgage canceled — Sally — "Look out. 
Jack, it's loaded!" 

ACT IV. — Honieof Squire Gray— The Squire preparing to celebrate 
his good fortune— A telltale picture -The clue to Ben's innocence- 
John Tarbarrow's terms— "I would rather die behind prison bars 
first" — The hearing "Faith, I'm glad to see ye all, except ye, ye 
©Id lemon face" — Bridget has her say — Tarbarrow's testimony — The 
picture proves Ben's innocence aiid John Tarbarrow's guilt-"Bridget, 
yon are a disgrace to the community" — "The well is Howing a full 
hundred'' — "Uurrah! t-et your uardners for a good old fashioned 
fiance," Price 86cts. 






Simple Silas;< 



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The Detective from Plunketsville. 

A Drama in 3 acts. Nine characters needed — 6 male and 3 female. 

SYNOPSIS. 

ACT I. Interview between Albert and Alice Colton — Simple Sila 
— Tramp from Plunketsville. Vt. — Bob and the spotted pig — Arrival 
of the expressman — Bob as a pugilist — Silas obtains important infor- 
mation from Bob — Alice's letter and the telegram — Bob discovers the 
roosting place of the old setting hen — Alice in trouble— Silas" advice 
— Albert Colton — Alice in the hands of her enemies. 

ACT II. Alice a prisoner in Old Mag's home-rArrival of Joe— Old 
Mag's temper — Joe tells Alice he is determined to make her his wife 
— No love, but a fortune — Arrival of the priest — "Fire! Fire! Fire!" — 
Rescue of Alice by Harvey Danton — Silas and Maude — His narrow 
escape — Arrest of Albert and Joe. 

ACT III. One year later — Ike Dame escapes from the pennitentiary 
— News of his death — Interview between Maude and Silas — Bub goes 
to market — Ike alive — the mystery explained — anything for revenge 
— attempt to burn Danton's house — Deathof Ike and Joe — Bob sat- 
isfied — Happy ending. . Price 15 cents each. 

Slaslier niicl Ci*ashei*. 

A Farce in 1 act. Only. 7 characters needed — 5 male and 2 female 
— which are 'all good. It will make a good after-piece; or, suitable for 
a short evening's entertainment. Time of performance. 50 minutes. 
Price 15 cents a copy. 



The Printer and His Devils. 

Origional Farce in 1 act. Now this is what you want. The best 
thing ever written on the printers. Only 4 characters needed — three 
males and one female — Order a copy at once. Time of performance 
15 minutes. Price 15 cents each. 

Pat UlcFree, Tne irlsn Patantee. 

Farce in 1 act, by Geo. Perkins, for 6 male and 3 female characters. 
An Irishman, a broken down actor, an unfortunate comedian, twa» 
undertakers, a coon hustler, landlady and her insane daughter and 
servant make up the cast. Pat's invention for moving things affords 
a great deal of amusement. Price 15cts. 

The Ames"Pu™ ciyd7"ohiu' 



By Force of Love; 

-OR— 

Wedded and Parted. 



A Domestic Drama in 5 acts, by Mr. Edward Coddard. for 8 male and 
3 female characters. Time of (ylaying 2 hours. Costumes 

modern. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. ~"^ 

AGT I. — Christmas Eve. — Wyndam Abbey — Lady Lahthe's birth- 
day — Sir Robert's trouble— "Lanthe, can you forgive me? We are 
ruined ! I cannot live to be called a thief" — "I would die to save you 
father" — "And this is Christmas time, when everybody is supposed 
to be happy" — "Lanthe, be civil to Herman Culmore, he is not an 
inferior, if he is the son of a manufacturer" — 'If he had the wealth 
of the world, he would be inferior to a penniless Wyndam." 

ACT II. — Tim and Maud — The secret — Herman and Mr. Grantly-— 
"An existing barrier between yourself and Lady Lanthe" — Herman 
Culmore's proposal— Sir Robert and Lanthe, he tells her of Culmore's 
proposal and wishes — "To marry me! impossible!" — Sir Robert pleads 
to his daughter — "Give me untill tomorrow " — Ti,m*s idea is a noggin 
of rale Irish whiskey — Maud thinks a good son-in-law is the thing Sir 
Roberf needs — The marriage contract — "I will be your wife, but no 
word of love shall ever cross my lips to you." 

ACT III. — Lapse of one year — The spray of geranium — The parting 
—"You see how madly I love you, just one kiss in farewell" — Depart- 
ure of Herman for America. 

ACT IV.— -Lapse of three years — The Bandit's retreats— The exiled 
husband a prisoner, and held for ransom — A room in Wyndam Abbey 
— ^The repentant wife— Bandit's retreat— An Irishman's wfts, and a 
canteen of wine accomplishes the rescue of Herman Culmore — Room 
in Wyndam Abbey. 

ACT V. — Christmas Eve. again — The meeting of two loving hearts, 
and a happy reunion. Trice 15ct». 



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Deacon Jones' Wife's Ghost. 

A Farce in 1 act, by Bert Rawley, for 4 male characters. Costumea 
and scenery easy. A capital negro character, who is afraid of a 
ghost. Price 15c. 

Ouj? CoTiiitx'y .A^Tiiit. 

A Domestic Drama in 2 acts, for 4 female characters. Costume^ 
"Ynodern. Time 30 minutes. The country Aunt is a good character 
who teaches her neices a lesson in true politeness. A good play fot 
ladies. Pries IScts. 



The Amas' Publish-ing Co., Clyde, Ohio 



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The Flower Girl of New York. 

A Drama in 6 acts, by Lizzie May Elwyn, for 11 male and 5 female 
characters. Time of performance 2 hours. Price 15cts. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I. — Interior of Rogues' Rookery — Carlos Dare reveals Ihe 
secret of Sweetbrier's parantage to his friend Mike — Ralph Lindsey — 
Alice discovers that her child is alive — Sweetbrier and her foster 
father — Death of Carlos Dare. 

ACT II. — Home of Silas Hunter — Moses and the letter — Mr. and 
Mrs. Hunter — The lost spectacles — Nancy won't be bossed by city 
folks — Mr. Lindsey's surprise and arrest of Hendricks — Carlos Dare's 
confession — Nancy and Moses — Arrival of Sweetbrier — Inez meets 
an old friend — Earl discovers her secret and breaks their engagement 
— Green cucumbers. 

ACT III. — Ideas of Moses — Sweetbrier an unloved wife — Hendricks 
threatens Sweetbrier — "Unhand me villain! ' — Inez and Earl — Murder 
of Hendricks — Arrest of Sweetbrier — Inez declares Sweetbrier guilty 
— Escape of Sweetbrier. 

ACT IV — Interview between Mr. Lindsey and Earl — Earl discovers 
his parantage — Inez — Uncle Silas' dream — "What became of Sweet- 
brier?" — "Was she drowned?" — Discovery of papers — Carlos • Dare's 
confession found — Death of Lindsey — "He has escaped the conse- 
quence of his crime." 

ACT v.— Scene I — Pauline and Moses in New York selling flowers 
— Mr. and Mrs. Hunter in search of their daughter — Sweetbrier discov- 
ers Mr. Hunter — Nancy's experience with New York hackmen. etc — 
Moses meets his mother — Scene II — Rogues' Rookery — Sweetbrier 
comes to Mr. Hunter's rescue — Meeting of Sweetbrier and her mother 
— Arrest of Nick — Reunion — Re-arrest of Sweetbrier. 

ACT VI — Earle, as Lord Wayne, recognizes Sweetbrier as his wife, 
and the mystery is cfeared up — Moses tells the story of their escpae. 



JIMMIE JONES. 

A Farce in 1 act. by C. F. Ingraham, for 3 male and 2 female char- 
BCters. A capital after-piece which goes well — every part funny. 
Costumes to suit characters. Time of playing 15 minutes. Price 15c. 

A Case of Jealousy. 

A Comedy in 2 acts, by I. M, G. Wood, for 3 male and 3 female 
characters. Costumes modern. Time of playing JO minutes. 

riice locts. 



GRANDMOTHBR 
Hildebrand's Legacy. 

A Drama in 5 ads, by C. A. Lamson, for 11 male and 8 female 
characters — doubles-in cast so as to play with 5 males and 4 females. 
This piece is just the thing for amateurs. Has two beautiful tableaux. 
Costumes modern. Time of performance two hours. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I. — A Vermont home — The birthday-party—Betsy Ann 
"flirts" — Grandmother Hildebrand's arrival — "Git out, you sass-box!" 
— The city guest — The dance — Grandmother has a "crick" in her 
back. 

ACT II. — A mortgaged home — The blind father — Family prayers — 
Mae's resolution — Appeal for her lover — 'A woman's honor is her 
life" — Parting between Mrs. Blossom and Mae. 

ACT III. — New York street scene — Pat's breakfast — Interview be- 
tween Mrs. Pierson and Isabel — Mrs. Pierson denies her own child — 
The new housekeeper — Her meeting with George — Pat watches the 
"Ould Tabby" — Mrs. Landon's discovery — Mrs. Pierson as a "som- 
nambulist' — Her secret — "Mrs. Jack Crawford, your vSin has found 
you out" — United at last — Tableau — "The Golden Chain." 

ACT IV. — The return home — Mae's plan — Isabel's return — Forgive- 
ness — Meeting between father and daughter — The scare — "Who am 
de villain?" — Pat's stick comes down — The midnight robber — Isabel's 
warning — The uplifted dagger — Jack Thorne — "Once more I will save 
her" — Mrs. Pierson's insanity and death. 

ACT V. — Farmer Blossom's farm — Mae's return — The same old 
hymn — "Dennis " — The blind see — Sam and 'Lindy court — "Bean 
porridge hot" — Arrival of Grandmother — "You've grow'd 'rnazingly" 
— The dance — Farmer Blossom's invitation — Tableau — "Love rules 
the world." Price 25cts. 

fladu ErBGlLlBS, TfiB lillsciilevous Bou. 

Farce in 1 act, by Bert C. Rawley, for 4 male and 3 female charac- 
ters. Ferdinand Freckles is a member of the Freckleville Cornet 
Band, much to the disgust of his wife and son. Andy. It being the 
first of April. Andy, who is always getting people into trouble by his 
love of mischief, especially his father and mother, plays many jokes 
on them, which are very funny and will keep an audience interested 
from beginning to end. Easy, to produce, situations amusing. Time 
of playing. 30 minutes. Price. 15cts. 

Miss Blothingay's Blunder. 

A Farce Comedy in 3 scenes, by John W. Todd, for 3 male and 3 fe- 
male characters. Time 30 minutes. Costumes modern and scene 
easy. Characters all good. The blunder of Miss Blothingay will 
amuse an audience, and amateurs will find it a good afterpiece. 

Price 15c. 



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The Diamond King. 

A Western Drama in 4 acts, by Col. Geo. H. Hamilton, for 10 male 

and 3 female characters. The cast contains a good villain, a 

soubrette. a chinaman, a negro, and an irishman. 

Time of playing 1 hour and 40 minutes. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT 1. — Hotel at Yosemite Valley — A game of cards — Receipt for 
$10.000 — A ruined man — "Enjoy life while-it lasts, for when you are 
dead, it's a long time" — The oath — Dollie and Sandy — "Take a fool's 
advice" — The letter in cipher — Jubal and Dollie — The whiskey test 
— "No sir! dis coon won't be exploded" — Silas, the Irish adviser — 
Win Klee. the chinaman, assists Silas — The proposal interrupted — 
Yosemite Bill and Silcartie at the hotel — Mrs. Marvin and Bill — "A 
letter from Sandy's partner. Bud" — Bill's story of how he found the 
little gal — "She's been the sunlight of our hume" — "The shadows 
fall" — Sunlight and Redfern — A villain's proposal — Sandy appears — 
"You will both regret this hour" — Draw poker. Chinaman takes a 
hand — Silcartie's story and it's sequel — "Sunlight, my child" — "Guard 
these papers with your life" — Dismal forbodings — "Traitor !' ' — Redfern 
murders Silcartie and escapes. 

ACT 11. — Dollie and Win Klee, his proposal to Dollie — Silas and 
Dollie — "I want a man who is not afraid to propose" — Sunlight and 
Bill — News of Bud's arrival — Sandy overhears Sunlight's explanation 
to Walter — "The Canyon can't hold us three" — Sandy's decision and 
farewell — Walter murdered by Redfern — Win Klee appears at window 
— Redfern accuses Sandy of the murder — Two bowers and the little 
joker. 

ACT III. — Mining cave in Mexico — Win and Jubal — Arrival of 
Bandits — Palacio and Redfern — "Sienta must die tonight" — The 
deadly drug — "Away to the treasure cave" — Win and Jubal prepare 
a surprise for the Bandits — Jubal changes drug for whiskey — Sandy, 
as Sienta. the crazed miner — Redfern gives Sandy the supposed poi- 
son — "Now die, I'm avenged" — Sandy and Jubal — Redfern's villainy 
— Silas in search of Sandy — Palacio has the chart, a struggle, in 
which Sandy recovers the chart — "Found! found! I am the Diamond 
King !" — Explosion. 

ACT IV. — Bill and Mrs. Marvin — Sunlight's sorrow — Silas returns 
to Dollie as a missionary — Redfern claims Sandy's property — Sandy 
arrives disguised — "No word from my husband?" — Sandy and Red- 
fern meet — The disguise thrown ofT— "Redfern, you murdered Walter 
Burrell" — Win Klee a witness — Judge Lynch — Happy reunion be- 
tween Sandy and Sunlight — "I have returned a "Diamond King." 



->-STUB;-4- 

-OR- 

The Fool From Boston. 



A Farce Comedy in 4 acts, by Charles O. Williard. for 8 maU 
and 3 female characters. Time, 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.—The outing— Stub— The beast— Arrival of the fool— Helen 
and her thoughts — The villain appears — Logan Marsh — The dastardly- 
attempt to steal the papers — The fool on deck. 

ACT II. — Scene 1. — Welcome Hotel — The Conspirators — The bum 
— Stub and the bum come to an understanding — Scene 2. — The scheme 
progressing — 5cene 3. — Home of Logan Marsh — The Squire tries his 
hand — Ditto Stanley — Arrival of Simon and the bum — "Then I'll do 
it myself" — Change of feeling — Narrow escape of Jack — Stub to the 
rescue. 

ACT III.— Scene 7.— Home of Squire North— Foolish Jake— Count 
de Rejaux — Suspicions — Suspicion satisfied — A new plot — The invi- 
tation — Scene 2. — Foolish Jake — Stub — "He wouldn't have to ask 
twice" — Jack — T take you at your word" — Preparing to meet the 
schemers — Scene 3. — The reception and ball— The guests arrive — The 
Count de Rejaux — The plot — Departure of guests — Stub remains — 
"Help! help!" — Harry and Fred on deck — "Yes there is" — "Says she" 
— "Who are you?"— "Jack Curtis, the fool from Boston." 

ACT IV. — Scene 1. — Home of Stub — The clock and the documents 
— The old Lawyer — The murder — "I will kill him" — Scene 2. — Helen 
— The old lawyer again — "To the village" — Scene 3. — Home of Squire 
North — The fugitive — The dark room — The old lawyer takes a hand 
— "Yes you will write" — Death of Stanley — The fool from Boston — 
Happy final. Price 25cts. 



The Girl From The Midway. 

A Farce-comedy in 1 act by Barnard Francis Moore, for 3 male and 
2 female characters. This is a roaring farce, has a good Irish charac- 
ter. The girl from the Midway Plaisance is one of the Algeria danc- 
ing girls, whom Mr. Bradford fell in love with, and as a married man, 
got himself into trouble, but was finally helped out by the girl's hus- 
band. Time, 1 hour. Price 15cts. 

Ames' Publishing Co., Clyde, Ohio. 



AMES' PLAVS— CONTINUED 



No. 



M. F. 

3 
2 



183 Fruits of the Wine Cup... 6 

104 Lost 6 

63 Out in the Streets 6 4 

51 Rescued , 5 3 

59 Saved 2 3 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 4 

63 Three Glasses a Day 3 3 

62 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room 7 3 

68 Wrecked 9 3 

COBIEDIES. 

124 An Aflaicted Family 7 5 

87 Biter Bit, The 5 2 

394 Bird Family 8 5 

257 Caught in the Act 7 3 

248 Captured 5 4 

178 Caste 5 3 

368 Case of Jealousy 4 2 

131 Cigarette, The 4 2 

388 Farmer Larkin's Boarders 5 4 

359 Girl from the Midway, The 3 2 

807 Heroic Dutchman of '76 . . 8 3 

199 Home 5 3 

421 In a Spider's Weh 8 5 

383 Joshua Blodgett, 25c 7 2 

323 Johanes Blatz's Mistake... 4 3 

174 Love's Lahor Not Lost 3 3 

357 London Assurance 9 3 

341 Miss Blothingay's Blunder 3 3 

411 Miss Topsy Tiirvy 4 4 

418 Muldoon's Blunders, 25c.. 5 3 

149 New Years in N. Y 7 6 

37 Not So Bad After All 6 5 

338 Our Boys 6 4 

126 Our Daughters 8 6 

370 Our Summer Boarder's 6 3 

265 Pug and the Bahy 5 3 

114 Passions 9 4 

264 Prof. James' Experience 

Teaching Country School.. 4 3 

219 Rags and Bottles 4 1 

239 Scale with Sharps and 
Flats 3 2 

404 Servants vs. Master 6 2 

375 Slight Mistake 5 

221 Solon Shingle 14 2 

363 Stuh, 25c 8 3 

262 Two Bad Boys 7 3 

306 Three Hats, The 4 3 

240 $2,000 Reward 2 

329 Valet's Mistake 5 4 

351 Winning Hand, The 6 2 

384 Widow McGinty, The 5 4 

TRAGEDIES. 

16 The Serf 6 3 

F.\RCES and COMF^DIETT AS. 

132 Actor and Servant 2 

316 Aunt Charlotte's Maid 3 3 

320 All in a Muddle 3 3 

393 Andy Freckles 4 3 

291 Actor's Scheme, The 4 4 

252 Awful Carpet Bag, That.. 3 3 

175 Betsey Baker 2 2 

86 Black vs. White 4 2 

352 Bridget Branigan's Trou- 
bles 2 2 



No. M. F. 

401 Box. and Cox 2 1 

344 Badly Mixed 2 2 

289 Colonel's Mishap 6 

287 Cousin Josiah 1 1 

225 Cupids Capers 4 4 

317 Cleveland's Recept'n Party 5 3 

324 Day in a Doctor's Office.. 5 1 

345 Deacon Jones'Wife's Ghost 4 

249 Double Election 9 1 

220 Dutchy vs. Nigger 8 

379 Dutchman's Picnic, The. . . 3 

188 Dutch Prize Fighter 3 

407 Dr. Baxter's Servants 4 

218 Everybody Astonished 4 

224 Fooling with the Wrong 

Man 2 1 

233 Freezing a Mother-in-Law. 8 2 

154 Fun in a Post Office 4 2 

274 Family Jars 5 2 

209 Goose with the Golden 

Eggs 5 3 

307 Hallabahoola, the Medicine 
Man 4 3 

271 Hans Brummel's Cafe 5 

116 Hash 4 2 

140 How He Popped the Ques- 
tion 1 1 

74 How to Tame Your lijother- 

in-Law 4 2 

366 Hotel Healthy 4 3 

398 Haunted Hat, The 2 

308 Irish Squire of Squash 
Ridge 4 2 

95 In the Wrong Clothes 5 3 

305 Jacob Shlaff's Mistake 3 2 

899 Jimmie Jones 3 2 

11 John Smith 5 3 

99 Jumbo J^um 4 3 

406 Judge by Proxy 5 2 

303 Kiss in the Dark 2 3 

389 Kitty and Patsy 1 1 

380 Katie's Deception 4 2 

228 Lauderbach's Little Sur* 

prise * 2 1 

302 Locked in a Dress-maker's 

Room 3 2 

106 Lodgings for Two 3 

288 Love in all Corners 5 3 

328 Landlord's Revenge, The.. 3 

139 Matrimonial Bliss 1 1 

231 Match for a Mother-in-Law 3 2 

235 More Blunders than One.. 4 3 

69 Mother's Fool 6 1 

208 My Precious Betsey 4 4 

212 My Turn Next 4 3 

32 My Wife's Relations 4 6 

273 My Neighbor's Wife 3 3 

313 Matchmaking Father 2 2 

356 Mike Donovan's Courtship. 1 3 

354 Mystic Charm. The 4 

349 My Mother-in-Law 2 4 

285 Mashers Mashed, The 5 2 

296 Nanka's Leap Year Ven- 
ture 5 2 

259 Nobody's Moke 5 2 

S95 Nip and Tuck 3 1 



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340 
334 
381 
400 

57 
217 
165 
286 
195 
392 
412 
276 
159 
169 
180 
171 
267 
315 
416 

68 
295 
309 
138 
115 

55 
827 
232 
241 
270 
1 
365 
358 
346 
418 
326 
339 
137 
167 

28 
292 
263 
166 
281 
367 
312 
269 
213 
7 
332 
151 

56 

70 
135 
147 
155 

414 
403 
111 
157 
877 



204 
172 



M. F. No. 



Our Hotel 5 3 

Olivet 3 2 

Our Family Umbrella 4 2 

Obstinate Family, The 3 3 

Paddy Miles' Boy 5 2 

Patent Washing Machine. 4 1 

Persecuted Dutchman .... 6 3 

Professional Gardener 4 2 

Poor Pilicody 2 3 

Pat McFree 7 3 

Popping the Question 2 4 

Printer and His Devils, The 3 1 

Quiet Family 4 4 

Regular Fix 6 4 

Ripples 2 

Rough Diamond 6 3 

Room 44 2 

Rascal Pat, That 3 2 

Ruben Rv.be 2 1 

Sham Professor, The 4 

Spellin' Skewl, The 7 6 

Santa Cl:ius' Daughter.,.. 5 7 

Sewing Circle of Period. . . 5 

S, H. A. M. Pinafore 5 3 

Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

Strictly Temperance 2 2 

Stage Struck Yankee 4 2 

Struck by Lightning 2 2 

Slick and Skinner 5 

Slasher and Crasher 5 2 

Stupid Cupid 4 

Snow Ball 3 2 

Signing an Actor 1 1 

Switched Off 8 

Too Many Cousins 3 3 

Two Gentlemen in a Fix. .2 

Taking the Census 1 1 

Turn Him Out 3 2 

Thirty-three Next Birthday 4 2 

Tim Flanigan 5 

Trials of a Country Editor 6 2 

Texan Mother-in-Law 4 2 

Two Aunt Emilys 8 

$10,000 Wager 4 2 

TTncle Ethan 4 3 

Unjust Justice 6 2 

Vermont Wool Dealer 6 2 

Wonderful Telephone 3 1 

Which is Which, 3 3 

Wanted a Husband 2 1 

Wooing Under Difficulties. 4 3 

Which Will He Marry?... 2 8 

Widower's Trials 4 5 

Waking Him Up 1 2 

Why They Joined the Re- 
beccas 4 

Who's Who? 3 2 

Winning a Wife 2 1 

Yankee Duelist 3 1 

Yankee Peddler 7 3 

Yacob's Hotel Experience. 3 

ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

Academy of Stars 6 

Black Shoemaker 4 2 

The Little Gem ^ake- 



M. F. 



98 Black Statue 4 2 

253 Best Cure, The 4 1 

325 Coincidence 8 

222 Colored Senators 3 

214 Chops 3 

190 Crimps Trip 5 

378 Gittin' 'Sperience in a Doc- 
tor's Office 4 2 

153 Haunted House 2 

24 Handy Andy 2 

238 Hypochondriac, The 2 

282 Intelligence Office, The 3 

319 In For It 3 1 

361 Jake and Snow.... 2 

88 Mischievous Nigger 4 2 

256 Midnight Colic , . 2 1 

128 Musical Darkey 2 

61 Not as Deaf as He Seems 2 

353 Nobody's Son 2 

244 Old Clothes 3 

234 Old Dad's Cabin 2 2 

246 / Othello 6 

297 Pomp Green's Snakes 2 

134 Pomp's Pranks 2 

258 Prof. Bones' Latest Inven- 
tion 5 

177 Quarrelsome Servants 3 

107 School 5 

133 Seeing Bosting .3 

179 Sham Doctor .^ 3 3 

243 Sports on a Lark 3 

92 Stage Struck. Darkey. 2 1 

238 Strawberry Shortcake 2 

122 Select School, The 6 

108 Those Awful Boys 5 

245 Ticket Taker 5 

216 Vice Versa 4 

206 Villkens and Dinah 4 1 

210 Virginia Mummy 6 1 

205 William Tell 4 

156 Wig-Maker and His Ser- 
vants 3 

444 Jes' Like White Folks 4 3 

GUIDE BOOKS. 

17 Hints on Elocution 

130 Hints to Amateurs 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

215 On to Victory, Cantata, 25c 5 5 
250 Festival of Days 

Happy Franks Songster... 

399 Ames' Select Recitations 
No. 1 

397 Mother Earth and Her 

Vegetable Daughters 16 

360 Ames' Series of Medleys. 
Recitations and Tableaux 
No. 1 

382 Ames Series of Medleys, 
Recitations and Panto- 
mimes No. 2 

376 Joan of Arc^ Drill. . . ... . . . 

371 Victim of Woman's Rights 1 

184 Family Discipline 1 

186 My Day and Now-a-Days.. 1 

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